Shadow Fiend

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Shadow Fiend
19 + 2.7
25 + 3.6
18 + 2.2
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+59.4HP and +0.27HP regeneration
+0.6 armor and 3.6 attack speed
+3.6 Main Attack Damage
+26.4MP and +0.11MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
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4.17
Armor
(672.61 EHP)
26.8%
Magic Resist
(734.97 EHP)
1200
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (125)
(1.6 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.5 + 0.54
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.116s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Ethereal
Gib Type
2011-05-26
Released
2005-03-01
Competitive Span
2011-05-26 — Present
Version Control
This article has been updated to the latest version (7.40b) and is mostly accurate.
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Unleashes the souls of fallen enemies for damage.
Capturing Souls from every kill he makes, Shadow Fiend is always gathering his power. Armor fails within the Presence of the Dark Lord, leaving foes no choice but to scramble. Every assault, each carefully aimed Shadowraze kills an enemy, brings him closer to his acme of potency. The Shadow Fiend pauses to charge his demonic energies, then, with a flourish of his lightless wings, unleashes his gathered souls in all directions to obliterate enemies in a howling Requiem of Souls.
Shadowraze (Near)
Shadowraze (Medium)
Shadowraze (Far)
Feast of Souls
Presence of the Dark Lord
Requiem of Souls
Requiem of Souls
Roles:Carry Carry Nuker Nuker
AdjectivesDemon, Flying, Red
Legs ( 0 )

Affected by selecting the corresponding Facet.Affected by selecting the corresponding Facet. Facets

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Lasting Presence
Necromastery
Increases the max Necromastery stack count per enemy hero kill until Shadow Fiend's death.
Presence of the Dark Lord
Presence of the Dark Lord applies an armor reduction debuff per enemy hero killed within the aura radius.
Shadowmire
Shadowraze
Shadowraze applies a stacking movement speed slow on affected enemy units.

Upgrades

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Aghanim's

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Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Requiem of Souls
The souls returns back to Shadow Fiend once expanding to its max travel radius, dealing lesser damage and heals its master in the process.

Reduces cooldown.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Shadowraze
Reduces all Shadowrazes' cooldown by a flat amount per hero hit.

Talents

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Shadowraze Instant Attack Instant Attacks25+30% Feast of Souls Cast Animation Speed
+0.2s Requiem of Souls Debuff Duration per Line20+2 Necromastery Attack Damage per Stack
+120 Shadowraze Base Damage15+2 Presence of the Dark Lord Armor Reduction
+30 Feast of Souls Attack Speed10+30 Shadowraze Stack Damage
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Bio

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So, you're curious where I come from? There's one easy way to find out for yourself.
▶️  Nevermore, the Shadow Fiend
Aliases:
SF, Nevermore
It is said that Nevermore the Shadow Fiend has the soul of a poet, and in fact he has thousands of them. Over the ages he has claimed the souls of poets, priests, emperors, beggars, slaves, philosophers, criminals and (naturally) heroes; no sort of soul escapes him. What he does with them is unknown. No one has ever peered into the Abysm whence Nevermore reaches out like an eel from among astral rocks. Does he devour them one after another? Does he mount them along the halls of an eldritch temple, or pickle the souls in necromantic brine? Is he merely a puppet, pushed through the dimensional rift by a demonic puppeteer? Such is his evil, so intense his aura of darkness, that no rational mind may penetrate it. Of course, if you really want to know where the stolen souls go, there's one sure way to find out: Add your soul to his collection. Or just wait for Nevermore.

Innate. Innate

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Necromastery

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Necromastery
Does not pierce Debuff Immunity sources. Partially usable or conditionally bestowed by Illusions. Partially or conditionally disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants bonus attack damage per stack from unit kills, and loses a portion of stacks upon death.
Max Stacks: 20/22/24/26
Stacks Lost on Death Factor: 0.7
Stack Gain per Kill: 1
Attack Damage Bonus per Stack: 1/2/3/4 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 3/4/5/6)
Hero kills are more effective and grants a greater stack.
Stack Gain per Hero Kill: 4
The Requiem of Souls create a damaging line projectile per Necromastery stack.
Min Degree per Line: 18°/16.36°/15°/13.85°
This ability levels up with Requiem of Souls.
Harvested souls swirl in and out of the Abysm, empowering the Shadow Fiend to increase the size of his collection.
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Lasting Presence
Necromastery
Increases the max Necromastery stack count per enemy hero kill until Shadow Fiend's death.
Max Stacks Increase per Kill: 1
Bonus Max Stacks Lost on Death Factor: 1
Ability interactions with the caster's illusions.
Nevermore's created Illusion Properties. illusions starts with 0 stacks, and can gain stacks themselves.

Does not benefit from the flat Bonus Attack Damage bonus attack damage component.
Ability interactions with Break sources.
Disables the Buff buff stack gain.

However, existing stacks are not removed.
Buff modifier_nevermore_necromasteryUndispellable.
Necromastery: Stored souls granting an additional x bonus damage.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PREATTACK_BONUS_DAMAGE
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_ATTACK_LANDED
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
  • The ability's visual effects.
    • The greater the stack, the more red particles fly around Nevermore's chest area.

Hero Model

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Hero Model
Ability
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Nevermore's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

He may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.

Abilities

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Shadowraze

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Shadowraze
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Magical / Instant Attack / Physical
Adds a stacking damage amplifier on the target that causes the enemy to take bonus Shadowraze damage per stack.
Cast Animation: 0.55 + 0
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 250
Base Damage: 90/160/230/300 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 210/280/350/420)
Damage Increase per Stack: 35/50/65/80 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 65/80/95/110)
Stack Duration: 7
Instant Attack Factor: (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 1)
Shadow Fiend razes the ground directly in front of him, dealing damage to enemy units in the area.
Distance: 200
Shadow Fiend razes the ground a short distance away from him, dealing damage to enemy units in the area.
Distance: 450
Shadow Fiend razes the ground a longer distance away from him, dealing damage to enemy units in the area.
Distance: 700
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Reduces all Shadowrazes' cooldown by a flat amount per hero hit.
Cooldown Reduction per Hero Hit: Cooldown Reduction (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 2)
9
Mana Cost
75
Nevermore's trademark for harvesting souls.
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Shadowmire
Shadowraze
Shadowraze applies a stacking movement speed slow on affected enemy units.
Move Speed Slow Increase per Stack: 6%/8%/10%/12%
  • Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources.
    • Shadowraze (Near)
      • P O Q
      • Affects enemy units 50-distance (PO) behind Nevermore and up to 450-distance (OQ) in front of him.
    • Shadowraze (Medium)
      • O P Q
      • Affects enemy units between 200 (OP) to 700-distance (OQ) in front of him.
    • Shadowraze (Far)
      • O P Q
      • Affects enemy units between 450 (OP) to 950-distance (OQ) in front of him.
  • The affected enemy unit(s).
    • Does not affect the following units:
    • The ability effects are applied as follows:
      1. Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. The cooldown reduction per enemy hero hit.
      2. Debuff shadowraze_debuff
        • Applies a debuff on the affected enemy units that counts the amount of Shadowraze hits within the debuff duration.
        • This either increases the stack count or applies the debuff.
        • Has no stack limit.
      3. The Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage.
        • Hence, the first stack applied by the ability does not increases the spell damage.
      4. Adds a passive component to all three Shadowrazes.
  • The flat cooldown reduction component has the following properties:
    • Each Shadowraze ability independently checks for the amount of enemy hero hit upon cast, and does not affect the other Shadowraze's cooldown.
    • Applies the flat reduction bonus before other percentage-based cooldown reduction sources.
    • Considers Clones are identical to the main hero, with certain exceptions. clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes, Illusion Properties. illusions and other creep-heroes as creeps.
This ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability DraftThis ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability Draft
Shadowraze (Medium) is a stand-alond ability, the drafting hero begins the game with 3 Number of Charges charges.

The other Shadowraze abilities are unavailable.
Debuff modifier_nevermore_shadowraze_debuffDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Shadowraze: Receiving x bonus damage from each Shadowraze attack. Slowed by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_TOOLTIP
Debuff modifier_nevermore_shadowraze_counterDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Hidden Modifier
  • COSMETIC
    • Applies a 3-second Debuff shadowraze_counter debuff on affected enemy heroes to count successful Shadowraze hits.
    • Although only the Demon Eater cosmetic item makes use of it, the counter is always placed.

Feast of Souls

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D
E
Feast of Souls
Affects
Self
Grants self bonus attack speed for an amount of time.
Move Speed Bonus: 5%/7%/9%/11%
Attack Speed Bonus: 40/55/70/85 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 70/85/100/115)
Duration: 8
The frenzy state increases the Necromastery stack limit but consumes some at the end of the process.
Stack Cost: 5
Stack Limit Increase: 5
Talent Upgrade
In time, all Nevermore's abilities will have a shorter cast animation time.
Cast Animation Factor: 0.7
21
Mana Cost
60/65/70/75
For Nevermore, there's as much delight in the harvest as there is in the feast.
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  • The ability effects are applied as follows:
    1. Buff nevermore_frenzy
      • Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration.
    2. Reduces the Necromastery stacks upon losing the buff in any way.
Buff modifier_nevermore_frenzyDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Attack speed increased by x. Movement speed increased by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_ATTACKSPEED_BONUS_CONSTANT
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_CASTTIME_PERCENTAGE

Presence of the Dark Lord

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F
P
Presence of the Dark Lord
Pierces Debuff Immunity sources. This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Fully disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive / Aura
Affects
Enemy Units
The presence itself reduces the armor of enemy units within the radius.
Aura Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1200
Armor Reduction: 3/4/5/6 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 5/6/7/8)
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Even being near Nevermore eats away at one's soul.
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Lasting Presence
Presence of the Dark Lord
Presence of the Dark Lord applies an armor reduction debuff per enemy hero killed within the aura radius.
Stack Gain per Kill: 1
Armor Reduction per Stack: 2
Stack Duration: 60
  • to The affected enemy unit(s).
    • All ability effects are provided by a negative aura centered around Nevermore.
    • Affects the following units:
    • Does not affect the following units:
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Buff modifier_nevermore_presence_aura (x)Undispellable.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_EVENT_ON_DEATH
Debuff modifier_nevermore_presenceOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Presence of the Dark Lord: Shadow Fiend's presence reduces your armor by x.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_PHYSICAL_ARMOR_BONUS

Requiem of Souls

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Ability
No / Passive
Affects
Enemy Units / Self
Damage
Spell / Magical
Gathers his captured souls to release them as lines of demonic energy, units near Shadow Fiend can be damaged by several lines of energy.

Enemy units damaged are feared, and have both its movement speed and magic resistance reduced with a duration based on each line hit.
Cast Animation: 1.67 + 0.9
Max Travel Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1000
Lines Starting Width: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 125
Lines End Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 300
Damage per Line: 80/120/160
Move Speed Slow: 20%/25%/30%
Magic Resist Reduction: 10%
Debuff Duration per Line: 0.6 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 0.8)
Max Debuff Duration: 2.15 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 2.6)
Creates a damaging line projectile per Necromastery stack.
Stack to Line Factor: 1
Passively casts Requiem of Souls upon Nevermore's death, regardless of its cooldown.
Proc Chance on Death: 100%
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
The souls returns back to Shadow Fiend once expanding to its max travel radius, dealing lesser damage and heals its master in the process.

Reduces cooldown.
Damage per Return Line: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 48/72/96)
Self-Heal per Return Line: Affected by Heal Manipulation sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 48/72/96)
120/110/100 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 90/80/70)
Mana Cost
150/175/200
The captured souls of those past slain are released to ravage their former allies.
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  • The ability has four main components:
    • 1 This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
    • 2
      • Creates 1 damage line per current Necromastery stacks, the degree per line is defined as:
        • EXPR
          θ = 360° / NecromasteryStack , MIN θ = 18°/16.36°/15°/13.85°
      • The first created Line OP is always a straight line with a 180°-angle, the line starts from Nevermore's current position, point O , expands outward to the game's East, regardless of Nevermore's facing angle, and toward point P .
        • Can affect enemy units at max Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1300-distance away with the travel distance and end radius.
      • The area of every single damage line is cone-shaped, spaced evenly with the other lines adapting accordingly.
    • 3 The projectile traveling properties. to The projectile impact properties. The affected enemy unit(s).
      • All negative ability components can affect the same enemy units once per cast, once per expanding, once per contracting.
      • The ability effects are applied as follows per affected enemy unit per line impact:
        1. The ability Dispellable by any Dispel sources. dispels the following debuffs, if present or applicable:
          • Debuff nevermore_requiem_fear
          • Debuff nevermore_requiem_slow
          • Hence, reapplying either debuff refreshes its duration and updates its ability values.
            • Learning the debuff duration increase With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. talent does not update the current applied instances, but updates the later applied instances.
        2. The Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage.
          • Hence, all lines may damage the affected enemy unit(s) when Nevermore is on the same coordinates as the affected enemy unit(s).
        3. Applies two debuffs with the following ability effects:
        4. This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
          • The lines now contracts from P to point O , starting out from the max radius and becomes narrower, at the same speed toward Nevermore's current coordinates, and not to the original ability cast location.
            • Affected by Heal Manipulation sources.
              • Heals Nevermore for the full value per enemy hero affected by the Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage component, regardless of the damage instance value. This is defined as:
              • EXPR
                Heal = 48/72/96 × AffectedHeroes
            • The ability's visual effects.
              • Once the line contracts, the travel path is fixed and does not follow Nevermore.
    • 4 The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only.The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only. This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
      • The passive cast upon death does not proc with ReincarnationReincarnation reincarnation sources, and has the following ability activation sequence:
        1. Applies the Necromastery stacks lost on death factor.
        2. This ability component happens instantaneously.
Ability interactions with Spell Steal.
Has the This ability has the following tags in the backend ability files. DOTA_ABILITY_BEHAVIOR_NORMAL_WHEN_STOLEN.
This ability's cast point is not modified when acquired.
Buff modifier_nevermore_requiem_invis_breakOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Hidden Modifier
MODIFIER_STATE_NO_UNIT_COLLISION
Buff modifier_nevermore_requiem_thinkerUndispellable.
On Hidden Entity
Debuff modifier_nevermore_requiem_fearDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Requiem of Souls: Feared.
MODIFIER_STATE_DISARMED
MODIFIER_STATE_SILENCED
MODIFIER_STATE_MUTED
MODIFIER_STATE_COMMAND_RESTRICTED
MODIFIER_STATE_FEARED
Debuff modifier_nevermore_requiem_slowDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Requiem of Souls: Movement speed reduced by x%.
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MOVESPEED_BONUS_PERCENTAGE
MODIFIER_PROPERTY_MAGICAL_RESISTANCE_BONUS
  • The projectile traveling properties.
    • Has 700-Projectile SpeedProjectile Speed speed.
    • Each line takes Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1.43-seconds to expand and to contract.
Magic Resistance BaseMagRes = 10%/6.25%/2.5%
Reduces the total Magic Resistance by 0.2%/0.25%/0.3% per int.

Recent Matches

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Main Article: Shadow Fiend/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. Picks
January 12, 2026 - 18:25 CETQualifierWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamShadow Demon Shadow Fiend Omniknight Underlord Puck
1 : 0
Tiny Warlock Phoenix Storm Spirit Abaddon
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January 12, 2026 - 17:40 CETQualifierWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamTiny Mars Warlock Slark Shadow Fiend
0 : 1
Batrider Abaddon Venomancer Tidehunter Faceless Void
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January 12, 2026 - 17:30 CETQualifierWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamJakiro Ringmaster Mars Shadow Fiend Leshrac
0 : 1
Tiny Warlock Centaur Warrunner Juggernaut Storm Spirit
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January 12, 2026 - 17:00 CETQualifierWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamWEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamVoid Spirit Shadow Demon Ursa Tidehunter Shadow Fiend
1 : 0
Warlock Tusk Underlord Slark Ember Spirit
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January 12, 2026 - 17:45 EETQualifierEEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamEEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamEEU OQ1 ESL One BirminghamChen Tiny Shadow Fiend Enigma Queen of Pain
1 : 0
Tidehunter Monkey King Death Prophet Ringmaster Kez
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Recent Changes

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Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.40b
(2025-12-23)
7.40
(2025-12-15)
  • Increased Agility agility gain from 3.5 to 3.6.
  • Increased Necromastery stack gain per hero kill from 3 to 4.
7.39d
(2025-08-05)

Dota Plus Progress

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Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Shadow Fiend's Relics Voice Lines

Medium Shadowraze Kills

Long Shadowraze Kills

3 Shadowraze combo

5 hero Requiem of Souls

Short Shadowraze Kills

Teleports leading to Kills

Eul's Scepter of Divinity leading to Kills

Damage from Invisibility

Kills during Black King Bar

Blink leading to Kills

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Kill Assists

Kills
Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster
  • ▶️ It's true, I have the soul of a poet. I just can't remember where I put it.

Equipment

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Trivia

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  • The name "Nevermore" likely refers to the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe. This is also referenced in his bio.
  • Shadow Fiend's rare response ▶️ "Never say Nevermore..." is in reference to the James Bond movie "Never say never again".
  • Apart for popular demand by fans, Shadow Fiend's model rework may have also been done to adhere to certain countries' censorship laws, namely the Chinese client.
  • Warcraft 3 similarities:
    • Shadow Fiend uses the model of the Firelord, a neutral ranged hero.
    • The model's tint was set to 0|0|0, turning it completely black, apart from the a few particle effects that ignored the tint.
    • Since particle effects were not affected by the tint, the fire particles on his head and base were still colored.
    • Shadow Fiend's animation for Requiem of Souls is inspired by the channel animation of the Firelord.
    • Shadow Fiend has a 1/11 chance to spawn in with the name "YaphetS", as tribute to the professional DotA player.
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